Denver JDS seniors Tiffy Sanders and Ethan Morris were announced as the 2013 Athletes of the Year at the school’s Athletics & Activities Banquet held Tuesday May 7, 2013. The award is underwritten by a Sports & Fitness endowment from Rose Medical Center, and was presented to the students by Rabbi Jeffrey Kaye. Next year, [...]
Craig Halper and Jerry Rotenberg are practically fixtures in the Upper Division of Denver Jewish Day School. Having served on the faculty for 25 and 24 years respectively, just about everyone seems to know them. But did you know this… Craig Halper was born in Los Angeles, California and raised there for eight years, moved [...]
Denver Jewish Day School was the backdrop for the Rocky Mountain Region’s Hazon Food Festival on Sunday, April 28. The festival, one of five of its kind held across the country, brought approximately 200 people to an intersection of food, sustainability, and Jewish tradition. Hazon (translated from Hebrew as “vision”) works to create healthier and [...]
Mr. Parmet’s sixth-grade math class has concluded their exciting adventure of learning about and using math by running their own school business. Seven groups of students sold beanies and candy for three days. In that time they raised $130 that will be donated to the Pink Ribbon Foundation. Mr. Taga’s 10th grade class will soon [...]
Three sixth graders at Denver Jewish Day School will be honored by The Grannie Annie Family Story Celebration with publication of their historical family stories. This is the fourth consecutive year that DenverJDS students have had stories selected for this annually published collection. Last fall, Denver JDS students in Sue Lamport’s 6th grade literature and [...]
Hebrew speaking families in the Denver Metro Area have been enjoying free Hebrew books for the past nine months, thanks to an innovative program called Sifriyat Pijama B’America (SP-BA). The brainchild of Los Angeles philanthropist Adam Milstein, SP-BA is designed to ensure that Israeli families living in the United States maintain a connection to their [...]
As Jews, feeling proudly connected to Israel may be one of the most important lessons we can teach our children. Since 2006, Denver Jewish Day School has been sending its sophomore class on a six-week Hebrew/Israel Immersion Program (HIP), where the students are immersed in both the language and culture of Israel. This year’s trip, [...]
The city’s only K-12 community Jewish day school, Denver JDS (formerly Herzl/RHMA) will be holding its 2013 Annual Dinner on Thursday March 14, 2013 at BMH/BJ: The Denver Synagogue. This year’s theme is “Heart & Soul” and the school will be honoring Marla & David Brown, Lisa & Jonathan Perlmutter, and Amy Toltz-Miller at the [...]
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s no secret that static solutions have taken a distant back seat to interactive ones. A fact not lost on Denver Jewish Day School students, teachers and administrators. On any given day, you’ll see interactive learning going on at DenverJDS. From round-table projects to measuring furniture as part of a math [...]
